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Wharton, Philip (1555 - 1625)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1555-06-23
Death Date: 1625-03-26

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Clifford, Frances (1556 - 1592)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1577-6-24
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Colby, Dorothy (1565 - 1621)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1597-6-2
    Union ended: 1602-10
    Note: Marriage occured between this date and 2 Nov. 1597 and ended in separation

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 3rd Baron Wharton

Titles

  • 3rd Baron Wharton
    Assumed: 1572-16-14 (possibly succeeded to title on 14 July 1572)
    Vacated: 1625-03-26

Details of Offices

Began Notes
JP, Cumberland 1578
JP, Northumberland 1578
JP, Westmorland 1578
JP, Yorkshire 1578
High Commissioner, Province of York 1599 -11 -24 Held jointly
Commissioner of the Scotland Border, England 1617/18 -1 -23 Held jointly
Commissioner of the Scotland Border, England 1619 Held jointly

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Healaugh Priory, Yorkshire: West Riding
    Acquired: 1572-06
    Divested: 1625-03
    Patrimony. Healaugh Farm East & West built from materials supplied from the ruins of the priory. Healaugh Farm East is the remains of the Whartons' 16th c. manor house
  • Wharton Hall, Westmorland
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1572-06
    Divested: 1625-03
    Patrimony

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Congleton (Unknown), Congleton, Cheshire Lord Wharton's Bearward
Performance - Town Hall, Kendal, Westmorland Lord Wharton's Players
Performance - Moot Hall, Carlisle, Cumberland Lord Wharton's Players
Performance - Moot Hall, Carlisle, Cumberland Lord Wharton's Players
Performance - Moot Hall, Carlisle, Cumberland Lord Wharton's Players
Performance - Moot Hall, Carlisle, Cumberland Lord Wharton's Players
Performance - Moot Hall, Carlisle, Cumberland Lord Wharton's Players
Performance - Moot Hall, Carlisle, Cumberland Lord Wharton's Players
Performance - Moot Hall, Carlisle, Cumberland Lord Wharton's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Wharton's Players Wharton, Philip (1555 - 1625) Players 1
Lord Wharton's Players Wharton, Philip (1555 - 1625) Players 1
Lord Wharton's Players Wharton, Philip (1555 - 1625) Players 1
Lord Wharton's Players Wharton, Philip (1555 - 1625) Players 1
Lord Wharton's Players Wharton, Philip (1555 - 1625) Players 1
Lord Wharton's Players Wharton, Philip (1555 - 1625) Players 1
Lord Wharton's Players Wharton, Philip (1555 - 1625) Players 1
Lord Wharton's Players Wharton, Philip (1555 - 1625) Players 1
Lord Wharton's Bearward Wharton, Philip (1555 - 1625) Performing Animals 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Wharton Hall Westmorland Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.